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Oracle predicts ‘huge’ market for UK water smart metering
Posted by BusinessGreen: Jessica Shankleman on October 18th, 2012
BusinessGreen: Business software giant Oracle is hoping to tap into a potentially "huge" market for smart water metering in Britain, as utilities try to tackle the loss of billions of litres of water through undetected leakages.
Water companies are facing mounting political and consumer pressure to reduce the 3.2 billion litres of water leaking from the UK water network every day, and are increasingly turning to new technology to reduce water stress and predict leak hotspots.
Oracle is to publish a report...
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Coca-Cola seeks to clean up African water supply
Posted by BusinessGreen: Jessica Shankleman on August 31st, 2012
BusinessGreen: Coca-Cola is seeking to invest in a series of water stewardship projects across Africa, and join a collaborative environmental initiative that aims to reduce water stress in supply chains globally.
The Water Futures Partnership, established by brewing giant SAB Miller, German development bank GIZ and campaign group WWF, announced yesterday that it is planning to rebrand itself, in an attempt to broaden its membership and expand its reach.
The newly titled Water Futures Initiative will include...